WICOMICO CHURCH (AP) -- A 6-year-old boy determined to get to school took his family's car after he missed the bus.

Virginia State Police say the Wicomico Church child wrecked the vehicle but he suffered only minor injuries and made it to class at Northumberland Elementary School.

The accident occurred around 7:40 a.m. Monday on Route 360 near Kilmarnock.

State police said the boy, who wasn't identified, took the keys to his family's 2005 Ford Taurus after he missed the school bus and drove toward the school. The child's mother was asleep at the time.

The boy lost control of the car and ran off the road several times before the vehicle hit an embankment and a utility pole.

State police said the child wasn't wearing a safety belt.

The incident remains under investigation.

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